Men’s Bracketology 1/22/2026

The Mountain West is falling apart. Utah State looked very comfortable for an at-large but has dropped back to back games, including a Q3 loss at home to UNLV. San Diego State dropped a tight one on the road at Grand Canyon, which is more forgivable, but still does not help the league’s chances of multiple bids.

Purdue falls off the 1 line after a tight loss on the road to UCLA. The Boilermakers still have a 1-seed quality resume, we just have six such resumes right now and only four spots. That result also lets UCLA jump back into the bracket.

1: Arizona, Michigan, Duke, Connecticut

2: Purdue, Nebraska, Houston, Michigan State

3: Iowa State, Illinois, BYU, Gonzaga

4: Vanderbilt, Florida, Virginia, Texas Tech

5: Alabama, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisville

6: Georgia, Clemson, Iowa, St. John’s

7: Villanova, Tennessee, Kentucky, SMU

8: Saint Louis, St. Mary’s, North Carolina, Utah State

9: UCF, Auburn, Texas A&M, Wisconsin

10: Ohio State, Miami (FL), NC State, UCLA

11: USC, (New Mexico/Seton Hall), (San Diego State/Virginia Tech), Miami (OH)

12: Belmont, Tulsa, Yale, McNeese

13: Utah Valley, High Point. Liberty, Hawai’i

14: Hofstra, Oakland, Troy, East Tennessee State

15: North Dakota State, Marist, Portland State, Queens

16: Colgate, UT-Martin, (LIU/Bethune-Cookman), (Vermont/Howard)

First Four Out: Santa Clara, George Mason, Baylor, LSU

Next Four Out: Indiana, Texas, TCU, Missouri

Moving In: UCLA, Virginia Tech

Moving Out: Baylor, Indiana